Handsworth Songs

Handsworth Songs

1986 en 61 minutes

Rating: 5.5

Plot

The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving archival photographs, newsreel clips, and home movie footage, the film is both an exploration of documentary aesthetics and a broad meditation social and cultural oppression through Britain’s intertwined narratives of racism and economic decline.

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Cast

Pervaiz Khan

Pervaiz Khan

Voice Over

Meera Syal

Meera Syal

Voice Over

Yvonne Weekes

Yvonne Weekes

Voice Over

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